Star Wars Episode III Premiere Coverage Joplin, MO 05/18/2005

[@tk-5509]

3:37 it must have akward for her see the character she is dress as die in such a brutal way in the movie.

[@k_supreme_3371]

TK-550 😂

[@emmanueljameson6148]

Execute.. Order 66

[@theraulpool8173]

Literally my same thought 😂

[@Simply.everything.skywalker]

Ikr!!!!

[@Simply.everything.skywalker]

@@emmanueljameson6148 yea

[@hiattgrey9161]

3:32 I felt so bad for her that her favorite character died.

[@BinksTheSith]

NOOOOO. I do feel for her...

[@aktivate]

Wow 2005 looks like the 90s

[@isaiahevans4930]

Well it was only like 6 years apart from the 90s lol.

[@visionist7]

There were very good cameras then including HD. But these kinda suck lol

[@josiahirondreads3211]

Oh I remember like it was yesterday, I was 8 years old in 2005, playing at the park, mom yells out my name that we’re gonna see star wars. So nostalgic. wow this brings me back

[@hiattgrey9161]

For the people who grew up in my generation, the hype to Revenge of the Sith was absolutely insane. My dad was excited for it too.

[@eerieolie7204]

I was 25

[@andrewwall4155]

No way! I was also 8 in 2005. I became Star Wars Fan right after Ep 2 came out. I remember watching the OG clone wars on Cartoon Network anxiously waiting for Ep 3 to come out.

[@devinallen4708]

​@andrewwall4155 1997 gang??? I was 8 too!

[@alphawolf8363]

And people say fans hated when the prequels came out. This proves a majority love it

[@fredosantana4531]

For real like that doesn’t make sense they all love it y they say they hate it

[@koorirk2898]

It was mostly the original trilogy purists

[@ObiHottieWanKenobi]

It was mostly the older generation. I am a prequel kid and I love all these movies!

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

@@fredosantana4531 and this was first star wars mi hsve saw in theater but this was last one for fnumher of yers besides the clone wars animted films.

[@anomalyinc3239]

they knew their crybaby bullshit was in the minority so they chose revisionist history and gaslighting

[@animecrunchtime]

This must’ve been so fun to do back in 05.

[@theutilitymonster2615]

Oh it was, though tbh I think the excitement was more palpable for me leading up to Episode II. There was Star Wars EVERYWHERE. I was 11 at the time. Glad I got to relive the magic in 2015 leading up to TFA.

[@cpl.oralove425]

It was

[@josiahirondreads3211]

@@theutilitymonster2615 right! I was 8 when I saw this in theatre!

[@bm337]

Yeah man, I was five and went to watch it. But can only remember small details about going. Kinda sad that I wasnt a little older

[@tfdxstudios1265]

Lots of nostalgia. The Prequels are and always will be amazing films.

[@MediaLoverChris02]

Ehhhhhh

[@darthmaul54sith7]

6:30 she said "the power is about to be with them" lol this lady has never seen a star wars movie ever. i give her credit for trying though

[@sikid4000]

Lol

[@thesaladolla]

"You probably know what I'm talking about" lmao no we don't

[@MASSEFFECTfan101]

probably a fan of Cosmic Wars.

[@WakerOfTheSky]

Bruh moment

[@Simply.everything.skywalker]

Haha

[@archington1851]

Wish I could go back to this time

[@Simply.everything.skywalker]

Me to but I wasn’t alive lol I was born in 2007 so I’m sad I soooo wanna watch it in theaters I think you can rent the theater tho so I might just do that with my friends and family

[@Ejaz100]

@@Simply.everything.skywalker just get Disney plus or CD to watch the movie

[@koorirk2898]

@@Simply.everything.skywalker same bro same

[@jax1262]

@@Simply.everything.skywalker I was born in 2007 I wish I was alive for all the old movies during this time and the 80s and 90s as well. Movies back then we’re better

[@tfwnoyandere]

2003er here. real

[@PhenHarrison]

Beautiful. My favorite one.

[@brysonburnette2573]

That lady at 6:30 has never seen a Star Wars movie

[@WakerOfTheSky]

Bruh moment

[@moonie3866]

God this was such a fun day. I was 10 years old, and my old costume was too small to wear and my mom wasn't able to pull off Leia buns, but we made a big ass Star Wars cake and shared it with people in line around us. Seeing people come out after their viewing and moving closer to the theater was such a thrill. I miss waiting outside theaters and how fun that used to be. Glad I got to experience it a few times.

[@iwuvu5940]

Remember when people were excited for Star Wars?

[@gott2641]

No.

[@iwuvu5940]

@@gott2641 what’s the point of this comment? Don’t you have better things to do with your life?

[@wolf2966]

What a great time to be alive

[@josiahirondreads3211]

It was! I was 8

[@TheUnintentionalWildCard]

@@josiahirondreads3211 I’m Jelly

[@jonathantorres4085]

@@josiahirondreads3211 what year were you born? I was 98.

[@zh7334]

8:12 Then ROTS must've been the movie for her.

[@dramos8847]

Then cam e infinity war

[@Frozo-nt2ky]

@@dramos8847 infinity war was probably tied with phantom menaces hype

[@Ejaz100]

@@Frozo-nt2ky endgame hype is unreachable

[@visionist7]

@@Ejaz100 nothing will ever come close to TPM's hype. The various marvel flicks are hyped by fans and online but in general they're easy to ignore. Nobody anywhere could ignore TPM in 1999. It was absolutely everywhere, all the time

[@Walrus5]

​@@visionist7the hype for endgame was absolutely absurd though. The box office numbers dont lie

[@aryamanmehrotra9165]

Disney, take notes.

[@connorm0161]

I can’t believe this was a few months before I was born

[@romariomimore8898]

Me too lol

[@Frozo-nt2ky]

Yeah wtf

[@procyon6370]

crazy, especially since i have that exact box of the OT in my house (another copy)

[@cliffordototivo]

I saw this in theaters at 6!!

[@uncledave5690]

Same here mate

[@andrewd4413]

OMG this is where I am from and where I watched the first screening of the Force Awakens in the theatre with my best friend in high school! Joplin!

[@mcmemes1523]

This came out a year after I was born... I wish I was there

[@hiattgrey9161]

I'm so sorry to hear that.

[@SpFlash1523]

I was born 7 months before this came out.

[@ericshawn3169]

“The final Star Wars movie to hit the big screen” 2008 clone wars movie begs to differ

[@adamgerace2959]

Movie was so ass

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

Eric I rember sein g this movie in the thteatre when it came out

[@calebdarsky5040]

Disney begs to differ

[@lolz1044]

@@calebdarsky5040 we don’t count that

[@calebdarsky5040]

@@lolz1044 Lmao FACTS 😂

[@samtr3992]

"...2 hours from the premiere of what's believed to be the final Star Wars episode" *sigh*

[@Henry14arsenal2007]

Why does this look like its from 95 not 2005?

[@anivader1213]

Henry14arsenal2007 2 things. 1) It was taped on VHS because DVR wasn’t really a thing 2) the channels are from small town America and weren’t as advanced as others at the time period.

[@Jedi_Knigga]

anivader1213 My local news station in Houston didn’t upgrade until around 2010. I myself am a sucker for non HD TV lol

[@sheepdoghr415]

Deandre Which one? ABC 13? Lmao

[@unsavedprogress1419]

2005 and 1995 weren't too different from each other tbh

[@Henry14arsenal2007]

@@unsavedprogress1419 Im referring more to the camera quality and the reporters, but yeah it was some of the last of the years before the super sleek current era.

[@BreMue]

I was 8 when this came out, I remember the battle of the heroes started hurting my head in the theater When my parents asked me how it was I said "it was so cool it gave me a headache" lol

[@D.MINORRRRRR]

It’s so awesome seeing Aayla Secura get some love right there 👌🏻 Bro I wonder how she felt about her order 66 scene….

[@kylearking8918]

How were those guys not playing Battlefront before they saw Episode 3? Haha

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

What? Did battlefront 2 come out before the movie?

[@LifeofSquidMann]

@@Gadget-Walkmen There was still BF1

[@SB992REBORN]

youre comment is idiot overloaaadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaa1!

[@ottovonbismarck8460]

This is the very day I was born

[@yumallah]

Man, I forgot that camera quality was still this bad back in 2005.

[@NrdGamr-mq7gs]

it felt literally the early 2000's was still pretty much the 90's that wasn't out of charts yet.

[@Chosen_one_501]

Man, I wish I could’ve experienced this time. I was too busy being a freaking fetus back in 2005.

[@Nebulasecura]

I was 4 and a half years old at the time. My parents grudgingly decided to bring me to my first theater experience by taking me to the cinema to watch revenge of the sith, as a way to introduce me to the franchise and it was pure magic, seeing so many fans United in enthusiasm in the theater lobby in summer 2005. It had captured my attention so fast and I’ve been a Star Wars fan ever since. The showing I was in had a few people with lightsaber toys, it was an experience I will never forget.

[@Chosen_one_501]

@@Nebulasecura awesome

[@SlapStyleAnims]

I was only 2 back then

[@revengeofthesith.]

@@NebulasecuraI also saw it in theatres when I was 4, unfortunately the only memories I have are very vivid ones of watching the mustafar duel for the first time

[@BigBlockChoc1]

Was born on the day this was released wish I got too watch this at cinema but I was only a couple hours old

[@rephleX67]

:D

[@mrabcd3819]

It already 10 years it actually out. I really hype.go to burger king when I was in secondary school.what ages...

[@bbofficialmusic]

2005 footage looks like it still is 1999

[@user-bo3mp8un6c]

We’ve fallen so far from then, and I’m not talking about Star Wars

[@demolisher7778]

I was 5 when I saw this in theaters. It was a bit too much for me as a wee little lad haha

[@hiattgrey9161]

I saw it when I was 6. And I wasn't scared of it at all, this was my first PG-13 movie. Jurassic Park III was my second. Needless to say, it was a big moment for a 6 year old

[@razzmatabzzz6477]

You gotta laugh now when the they say its the last Star Wars episode ever.

[@hiattgrey9161]

To me, it still is the last episode.

[@INTJ10551]

To me it’s the last episode. The Disney version isn’t canon to me.

[@BreMue]

"The power is about to be with them" Who wrote that line, I just wanna talk...

[@captainrice09]

why tf does 2005 already looks like the 90s to me?

[@chriscampbell6453]

I would have hated to be the Aayla Secura fan girl watching the order 66 scene.

[@drnobody418]

Lol the lil kid in the end about to hit the reporter is to funny

[@DarthCrust66]

I love everything about this

[@charlesgiosano7767]

Back then when people didn't give a shit about not enough female characters in star wars.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Are you being serious? Bringing in this whiny crap here to complain about that nonsense? Jesus what’s wrong with you people.

[@twmax6525]

Lol, so 2005

[@sheepdoghr415]

SPZ Max looks 90s

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Yeah I love it! Lol what camera did they use to take this?

[@crb4059]

that vader helmet is worth a mint, i still have one

[@LincolnAKAVenox]

People are talking about being too young or not being born when it came out but my earlist memory I can remmeber is looking at a rots cereal box when I was 3

[@generaldela2128]

Next year will be 20 years since 2005, which is funny bc in 2005 20 years prior was the 80s, time flies

[@jonathantorres4085]

I really miss seeing Star Wars and it’s true peak and the avengers movies gotta take me back to the 2000s or even the 2010s

[@commando6683]

*5 FUCKING MONTHS?!*

[@SevereWeatherQuester2005]

May 18, 2005: Episode 3 Premiere in Joplin, MO May 22, 2011: EF-5 Tornado causes $3 Billion in damage

[@lolz1044]

Me to everyone else about to go to the time machine: pack your things were leaving

[@Simply.everything.skywalker]

Lol I would love to do that I was born in 2007 so never gotta experience that also I am a newer fan I binge watched everything through Disney + and never gotta see a single movie in theaters I did watch The Last Jedi a long time ago when I was little but not that little anyways I watched it first remind me not to do that lol I was sooo confused 😂

[@lolz1044]

@@Simply.everything.skywalker The Last Jedi came out 3 years ago..

[@envrie9423]

So this is what a franchise that is alive looks like. We’re so divided and polarized now. A lot are cynical and most aren’t even keeping up with it. I still love this franchise though, I don’t care what people say.

[@_MARC0_40]

I wonder whats their reaction when palpatine executed order 66?

[@anivader1213]

You could hear a pin drop

[@josiahirondreads3211]

Oh bruh I was 8, so many people were screaming and crying

[@jorgezarco9269]

"I have work tomorrow. Start the movie." I remember buying buckets of popcorn and soft drinks for a "cousin-in-law". The audience cheered when Yoda defeated two Storm Troopers who were in cahoots with Palpatine.

[@thomasdocking7629]

I wish you could hear the audience reactions then

[@Starwarsfearsome]

8:25 technical difficulties - records the ground with a shaky camera lol

[@PrettyboyAshtun]

i was meaning to watch it as it came out but i was only 1 years old so.. 😂

[@Ronydoo-yv2hs]

Why is the video like 1980? Wtf.

[@Danbo22987]

Halo? Why not Battlefront?

[@sosarickgrimes5301]

Danbo 22 Halo was more popular and was at its peak in the mid-late 00s. Plus BF2 hadnt came out, but the BF games werent the smoothes games either

[@barkley8285]

@@sosarickgrimes5301 halo was the starwars of gaming

[@treyh3924]

@@sosarickgrimes5301 BF2 did come out.

[@commando6683]

1. Halo was the most popular video game franchise of the 2000s, and 2. Halo is the Star Wars of the gaming industry

[@Itztomfoolery]

aayla secura is her favorite.... poor girl

[@carlosespca]

Why people in the USA are always exited to buy THE FRONT sits??

[@SB992REBORN]

I ALWAYS sit in the front cause i am there !

[@TheWayofJediYTofficial]

wow

[@adonicuenta2franco244]

2019

[@theredhare2483]

As someone who’s 20 as of watching this, seeing a bunch of nerds at a movie premier make me think I was born in the wrong generation

[@yaboifrankie]

Yeah right the "last movie" but I'm glad it was not true

[@aggressivepanda9290]

8:48 * Disney : Well yes but actually no :p

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

Anivader 1213 did you rveng of sithnonnopeing nkgt

[@anivader1213]

Yes, I’m in this video as well.

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

@@anivader1213 so which guy are you innthis vid

[@uzeirgamazsi721]

people never dress up for the new movies these days :(

[@mrhockey9723]

Theirs a reason why ever since that massacre in Colorado

[@uzeirgamazsi721]

@@mrhockey9723 oh my......

[@KydzPlays]

Yeah but there’s nothing to shout about nowadays.

[@theutilitymonster2615]

That's... not true. Do you remember opening night for TFA?? www.thestar.com/entertainment/2015/12/18/star-wars-the-force-awakens-earns-record-57m-on-opening-night.html

[@twmax6525]

Uuuggggghhhhh, *cringe* It’s force lady!!!!!

[@AyanKhan-og3sd]

The woman with aayla secura make up looks like a man in the thumbnail

[@onlyrevolutions2010]

I felt bad for people standing in line for Episode I because they couldn't have known it was going to be absolute shit. I even felt a little bad for people waiting for Episode II, because they couldn't be blamed for thinking Lucas may have learned from the first movie and made improvements. I have no sympathy for people waiting for Episode III. You knew it was going to be garbage and you wasted precious time in your life.

[@mrknowhere6457]

Episode 3 is not garbage, far from it... TROS is closer to your description.

[@Ramon-ez6cd]

U probably like the sequels

[@onlyrevolutions2010]

@@Ramon-ez6cd, "Hurr u probly hurr durr." If you have any substantive defense of the prequels and their wooden acting, mechanical writing, and garish, bloated special effects then present it.

[@hamgil]

@@onlyrevolutions2010 when

[@hamgil]

@@onlyrevolutions2010 when did I ask

[@chucksucks8640]

People don't dress up as their favorite prequel characters because they don't have any. They dress up as luke or darth vader because they really liked that one.

[@BenDBeast]

Do you live under a rock? Plenty of prequal characters are huge especially Maul.